Designer (album)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.2/10^[1]
Metacritic	88/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Guardian	^[4]
The Independent	^[5]
Mojo	^[6]
NME	^[7]
The Observer	^[8]
Pitchfork	8.0/10^[9]
Q	^[10]
Rolling Stone	^[11]
Uncut	8/10^[12]

Designer is the third studio album by the New Zealand indie folk singer-songwriter Aldous Harding, released on 26 April 2019 by 4AD.^[13] The song "The Barrel" won the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll award.^[14]

Accolades

Accolades for *Designer*
Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Billboard	Top 50 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)	—	^[15]
Exclaim!	Top 29 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)	28	^[16]
Gorilla vs. Bear	Top 20 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)	6	^[17]
Paste	Top 25 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)	23	^[18]
Rolling Stone	Top 50 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)	—	^[19]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Aldous Harding

*Designer* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fixture Picture"	4:07
2.	"Designer"	4:16
3.	"Zoo Eyes"	5:17
4.	"Treasure"	4:11
5.	"The Barrel"	4:59
6.	"Damn"	6:27
7.	"Weight of the Planets"	4:43
8.	"Heaven Is Empty"	3:19
9.	"Pilot"	3:13
Total length:		40:32

Personnel

Aldous Harding – vocals, acoustic and classical guitar
John Parish – acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, mellotron, drums, congas, percussion, mixing
H. Hawkline – bass guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer, vocal percussion, design, layout
Gwion Llewelyn – drums, vocals
Stephen Black – tenor, baritone and alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
Clare Mactaggart – violin
Jared Samuel – celesta on "Damn"

Charts

Chart performance for *Designer*
Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[20]	53
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[21]	45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[22]	22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[23]	96
French Albums (SNEP)^[24]	101
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[25]	98
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[26]	5
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[27]	27
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[28]	15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[29]	89
UK Albums (OCC)^[30]	33
UK Americana Albums (OCC)^[31]	3
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[32]	7
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[33]	10
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[34]	29

References

^ "Designer by Aldous Harding reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Designer by Aldous Harding Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ Monger, James Christopher. "Designer – Aldous Harding". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ Petridis, Alexis (25 April 2019). "Aldous Harding: Designer review – cryptic charm and shimmering psychedelic pop". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ O'Connor, Roisin; Bray, Elisa (25 April 2019). "Album reviews: Aldous Harding, The Cranberries, Soak, and Catfish and the Bottlemen". The Independent. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ Segal, Victoria (May 2019). "Aldous Harding: Designer". Mojo. No. 306. p. 93.
^ Trendell, Andrew (25 April 2019). "Aldous Harding – 'Designer' review". NME. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ Empire, Kitty (28 April 2019). "Aldous Harding: Designer review – a true original". The Observer. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ Horn, Olivia (26 April 2019). "Aldous Harding: Designer". Pitchfork. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ Aroesti, Rachel (June 2019). "Immaculate Design". Q. No. 398. p. 117.
^ Hermes, Will (25 April 2019). "Review: The Fetching Surrealism of Aldous Harding's 'Designer'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ Osmon, Erin (May 2019). "Aldous Harding: Designer". Uncut. No. 264. p. 33.
^ "Aldous Harding : New Album 'Designer' Details, Plus Incredible 'The Barrel' Video Out Now". 4AD. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
^ "Aldous Harding takes top gong at 2019 Silver Scroll Awards". Stuff. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2019". Billboard. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ "Exclaim!'s Top 29 Albums of 2019 So Far". Exclaim!. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ "2019 - Top Albums of Mid-year 2019". Gorilla vs. Bear. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ "The 25 Best Albums of 2019 (So Far)". Paste. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ "50 Best Albums of 2019 So Far". Rolling Stone. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ Ryan, Gavin (5 May 2019). "Australian Charts: Pink scores her sixth number one album in Australia". Noise11. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Aldous Harding – Designer" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Ultratop.be – Aldous Harding – Designer" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Ultratop.be – Aldous Harding – Designer" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Lescharts.com – Aldous Harding – Designer". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Aldous Harding – {{{album}}}" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ "Charts.nz – Aldous Harding – Designer". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Aldous Harding – Designer". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Aldous Harding – Designer". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

External links

Designer at Discogs (list of releases)
Aldous Harding performs live with six album songs and interview, Morning Becomes Eclectic, 9 May 2019, KCRW

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